Sentences with phrase «onscreen persona»

Now, in the exquisite movie musical «La La Land,» she brings together all the sides of her onscreen persona.

Anderson didn't change Sandler's onscreen persona so much as subvert it.

Inspired by songs written by MGM producer Arthur Freed at the beginning the sound era, Singin» in the Rain takes that seismic shift in film history for its setting, focusing on heartthrob screen couple Don Lockwood (Kelly) and Lina Lamont (the hilarious Jean Hagen) as the transition into sound — problem being that Lamont's voice, like many actual silent screen stars, doesn't fit her onscreen persona.

Achilles and the Tortoise offers another pathetic Beat Takeshi double, but in a further effacement of his onscreen persona, Kitano doesn't appear until two - thirds of the way into the film.

Tatum splits the difference between Soderbergh's two types of protagonists: he definitely has movie - star charisma, but there's something unformed in his onscreen persona.

The Rango character fits in perfectly with Depp's onscreen persona; he's a little bit Ed Wood, a little bit Jack Sparrow, a little bit Willy Wonka, and a little bit Raoul Duke (the movie includes a visual reference to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which lets you know just how bizarre it really is).

With Deconstructing Harry, the consistency of Allen's onscreen persona and thematic interests crystallize into something satisfying but not at all surprising.

It both lays bare the humanity behind Brando's enthralling onscreen persona, while at the same time illustrates unknowability of men based solely on the fragments they leave behind.

Here the actor breaks from his usual onscreen persona, completely shedding any hint of comedy.

Stepping out of the shadow of her own onscreen persona as mumblecore It girl made good, Greta Gerwig wrote and directed this semi-autobiographical stunner about a chatty Sacramento teen who yearns to be anywhere but home.

In fact, his performances in those three hits are rather fine illustrations of what was so special about his onscreen persona: his generosity and a certain intangible «eye of the beholder» transference.

On it, she talks about the struggle to live up to her onscreen persona — to become a spokesperson, a role model, for an entire generation of girls — might all be worth it if she can still be herself.

Mitchell always displayed an in - your - face onscreen persona: He was never afraid to speak his mind and, sometimes, he should have kept quiet.

The Downtown girls looked good, and vastly different from their onscreen personas.

They all have well - established (and distinct) onscreen personas.

Not exact matches

«Fading Gigolo» actually functions as something of a statement on Allen's persona - onscreen and off - as it has been understood in the public eye.

Statham turns both the movie and his own tough - guy persona upside down every time he comes onscreen.